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2 Feb 2024

Shares of Japanese bank Aozora are collapsing.

Stock's on steepest 2-day drop since it became a public company. Why? Bank reported massive exposure to US commercial real estate. Source: David Ingles, Bloomberg

2 Feb 2024

Amazon on Thursday reported fourth-quarter results that sailed past analysts’ estimates, and gave strong guidance for the current quarter.

The stock climbed more than 8% in extended trading. $AMZN Amazon Q4 FY23: • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $170B ($3.7B beat). • Operating margin 8% (+2pp Y/Y). • FCF $37B TTM. AWS: • Revenue +13% Y/Y to $24.2B. • Operating margin 30% (+5pp Y/Y). Q1 FY24 Guidance: • Revenue ~$138-$143B ($142B expected).

2 Feb 2024

Multiple small us banks tumbled high-single and double digits.

There is a silver lining though -> the market quickly remembered that it was precisely the bank crisis last March that sparked a powerful Fed response (BTFP), and a violent rally, and we got the same thing today as stocks slingshot sharply higher closing 1.1% higher... Source: www.zerohedge.com

2 Feb 2024

BREAKING: Meta stock, $META, soars 13% after beating earnings expectations and announcing a quarterly dividend with a $50 billion stock buyback.

The stock has added $130 billion in market cap in just 15 minutes. For the first time in history, $META now has a market cap of $1.1 trillion. It is officially the 7th largest public company in the world. Source: Barchart, The Kobeissi Letter

2 Feb 2024

Apple reported fiscal first-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat estimates for revenue and earnings, but Apple showed a 13% decline in sales in China, one of its most important markets.

Apple shares fell over 1% in extended trading. Here’s how Apple did $AAPL Apple Q1 FY24 in a nutshell: • Revenue +2% Y/Y to $119.6B ($1.3B beat). Services +11% Y/Y to $23.1B. Products +0% Y/Y to $96.5B. • Operating margin 34% (+3pp Y/Y). • EPS $2.18 ($0.07 beat). • $20.1B in buybacks and $3.8B in dividends. Source: App Economic Insights

2 Feb 2024

Visualizing 150 Years of Exports for Top Economic Superpowers

Source: Visual Capitalist

2 Feb 2024

Steve Jobs said that the most powerful person in the world, is the storyteller.

Here are the 5 principles for telling an amazing story Source: Sachin Ramje

2 Feb 2024

sp500 companies excluding magnificent seven.

Source: Daniel Lacalle

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